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250- October is Financial Planning Month – Do You Have a Plan in Place?

Harry N. Stout

Oct 1
4 min

250- October is Financial Planning Month – Do You Have a Plan in Place?

October is National Financial Planning Month. In America today, approximately 30% of households have a written plan in place. In my view,...

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249- Twelve Ways to Save on Clothing Costs

Harry N. Stout

Sep 29
4 min

249- Twelve Ways to Save on Clothing Costs

Do you need to go back to your office soon as the COVID restrictions are eased? Are you only going in two or three days per week? If so,...

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226- What is Happening to Interest Rates?

Harry N. Stout

Jul 14
3 min

226- What is Happening to Interest Rates?

I am writing this post in early July and interest rates are fluctuating greatly. The core belief I have read in the financial media is...

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224- Financial Actions You Should Take in the Next 12 Months

Harry N. Stout

Jul 9
8 min

224- Financial Actions You Should Take in the Next 12 Months

What financial actions should you take in the next 12 months to get better organized? There is so much you could do to make your...

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Harry N. Stout

Jun 9
4 min

214- Your Personal Finance Scorecard

How can you play a game and not keep score? Be it video games or competitive sports such as tennis, golf, football, or soccer there is a...

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207- Your $796,000 Share of the National Debt

Harry N. Stout

May 19
4 min

207- Your $796,000 Share of the National Debt

The amount of our national debt and the interest we pay on it has a profound impact on the federal budget and the income taxes you pay or...

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Harry N. Stout

May 7
4 min

204- Financial Must-Dos Ages 30 to 70

I often get asked what money actions people should take by certain ages. In this condensed excerpt from my upcoming book, Good Money...

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Harry N. Stout

Apr 23
6 min

199- Financial Must Dos By Age 30

I often get asked what money actions people should take by certain ages. In this excerpt from my upcoming book, Good Money Habits in 17...

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196- Eight Options to Becoming Debt Free

Harry N. Stout

Apr 16
6 min

196- Eight Options to Becoming Debt Free

Is becoming debt free the highest priority you have on your financial to do list? It is for one of our new subscribers who asked if I...

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Harry N. Stout

Apr 14
4 min

195- Saving Money With Low Rates

Are you still depressed about how low interest rates are? Wondering what you can do to improve your savings? Just waiting for rates to...

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188- Watch Out for Your Stimulus Spending High

Harry N. Stout

Mar 24
3 min

188- Watch Out for Your Stimulus Spending High

We have all experienced it one time or another in our lives. The joy of eating six Oreos or a quart of ice cream in one sitting. The...

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176- Pitfalls of Making Minimum Payments

Harry N. Stout

Feb 12
3 min

176- Pitfalls of Making Minimum Payments

Do you only make minimum payments on your credit cards? Do you occasionally miss a payment? Do you know how much these actions will cost...

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174- New Book Looks to Save Households $600 Per Year

Harry N. Stout

Feb 8
1 min

174- New Book Looks to Save Households $600 Per Year

The FinancialVerse Guide to Savings – 600 Practical Cash Saving Ideas, the fourth release in the FinancialVerse series of personal...

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166- The FinancialVerse 2021 Money Calendar: A Month-by-Month Guide for Your Financial Year

Harry N. Stout

Jan 20
8 min

166- The FinancialVerse 2021 Money Calendar: A Month-by-Month Guide for Your Financial Year

What financial actions should you take in the next year to get better organized? There is so much you could do to make your financial...

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Harry N. Stout

Jan 6
5 min

162- Budgeting In Uncertain Times

How do you prepare a budget in today’s uncertain times? This is the question I received from a subscriber just before the holiday break....

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Harry N. Stout

Dec 30, 2020
4 min

160- Ten Good Money Habits: Part 2

This is the second part of the two-part post on developing good money habits. It was developed in response to a subscriber’s request for...

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142- Making the Most of Your Financial Options in 2020

Harry N. Stout

Oct 28, 2020
4 min

142- Making the Most of Your Financial Options in 2020

Written by: Michele Burkholder, Founder of The Burkholder Team It’s that time of year. The leaves are starting to turn colors, my morning...

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140- Is it Time to Rethink Your Financial Values?

Harry N. Stout

Oct 21, 2020
5 min

140- Is it Time to Rethink Your Financial Values?

One of the frequent questions I get asked is given the pandemic, should a household rethink their basic financial values? I believe that...

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137- Seventeen Minutes Per Day to a Better Financial Life

Harry N. Stout

Oct 9, 2020
5 min

137- Seventeen Minutes Per Day to a Better Financial Life

As I wrote in the FinancialVerse – A Common Sense Approach for Your Money, there are 10 Must Do’s to manage your financial life. The...

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120- How Does Your Spending Compare to Others?

Harry N. Stout

Aug 14, 2020
3 min

120- How Does Your Spending Compare to Others?

How does your spending compare to others? What does it cost you to live? How much do people spend to live each year? Is there a baseline...

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